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Oct 28, 2022 • 5min
Uber alum rakes in $9.7M to curb finance-related fights between co-parents
The daughter of divorced parents herself, Uber alum Jacklyn Rome founded Onward to help co-parents more easily manage their shared expenses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 28, 2022 • 5min
Needl wants to become the search engine for your accounts
Google, DuckDuckGo, and other search engines help you find information from the web. But it’s hard to find documents, messages, meetings, and emails from your own accounts. You need to go to different applications to find things that might be related to one project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 27, 2022 • 6min
Valence Security raises fresh capital to secure the SaaS app supply chain
Valence Security, a company securing business app infrastructure, today announced that it raised $25 million in a Series A round led by M12, Microsoft’s corporate venture arm, with participation from YL Ventures, Porsche Ventures, Akamai Technologies, Alumni Ventures and former Symantec CEO Michael Fey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 27, 2022 • 5min
Duolingo’s owl will now shout fractions at you
Duolingo is launching its math app to the public, and months after a beta version joined the app store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 26, 2022 • 5min
WATI, a CRM tool built for WhatsApp, raises $23M led by Tiger Global
WhatsApp is used by more than two billion around the world, and is an important tool for many small businesses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 26, 2022 • 6min
AI chip startup Axelera lands $27M in capital to commercialize its hardware
Several years ago, Fabrizio Del Maffeo and a core team from Imec, a Belgium-based nanotechnology lab, teamed up with Evangelos Eleftheriou and a group of researchers at IBM Zurich Lab to develop a computer chip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 25, 2022 • 4min
Pantheon Design alleviates supply chain uncertainty with factory-grade 3D printing
In the midst of the pandemic, Pantheon Design, a maker of industrial 3D printers from Vancouver, BC, suddenly found itself getting orders from factories in the Midwest, the center of heavy industries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 24, 2022 • 4min
Maro’s new app looks to help schools screen kids for depression and anxiety
Maro has developed a platform that helps families and schools navigate tough conversations about mental health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 24, 2022 • 4min
Sensat raises $20.5M to build digital twins for infrastructure companies
Sensat, a platform that helps physical infrastructure companies map and visualize all their data, has raised $20.5 million in a Series B round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Oct 21, 2022 • 4min
Handoff is creating a more equitable workforce through job sharing
Many qualified workers are failed by the current model of work in the United States, where jobs are either part-time or full-time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
